Dave Mustane, New World Order, The Dark Side

SpiralDrift posted...

Yeah, didn't Mustaine even say he sold his soul to the devil? He also appeared in an anti-gun propaganda PSA, IIRC.

Well, this is part of an excerpt from an interview he did with Metal Underground -

"I've never believed in singing about Satan and thinking he's cool, because he's not. When I was 15, I got into witchcraft and black magic, so I've known for over 30 years the power of the dark side, and it took me forever to break those chains. There's no cool way to sing about Satan — you look like a punk. 

For example, you know MERCYFUL FATE is one of my favorite musical groups, but the lyrics, to me, I can't get behind them. I don't mean to shame them — it's just not my bag. As far as me playing with bands like that, I started thinking, "You know what, Dave? You're a headliner. If you don't wanna play with people that make you uncomfortable, you don't have to." 

Especially if they're singing about the confessed enemy of someone you believe in… I mean, what idiot gets onstage with their confessed enemy? That'd be like two hip-hop guys who wanna kill each other going out together."

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"...and as far as the Satanic stuff, I've been there, done that and I found it kind of wanting. You can be so much heavier with stuff like a nuclear bomb than a pentagram. I mean, what's scarier: VX gas or an upside-down cross?"

So, people can make of that what they want, I guess.

With Danzig the imagery is at least kind of "acceptable" given the B-movie horror themes of his past bands. It was to evoke specific imagery and feelings with an artistic purpose, not just placed there as a tag or something (though he did start taking it too seriously later on).

I used to buy his extremely heavy pornographic comic book line, Verotik back in the day, and it was as blatant as you get with going over the top for everything. It's like some people keep saying that, ok, some guys in the music industry keep toting the Satanic imagery because it's a kind of inside gag, in that they don't even really believe it themselves, or are into it, but it's just for "show", a "performance", similar supposedly to how the Beatles used to include backwards messages as a direct mockery to people who already had superstitions and conspiracy theories, and they ran with that as a gag.

But the thing is that despite the imagery, plenty of them are legit into it, and the rest that comes along with it, and no line is drawn once they start. Back to a relevant quote from the same Mustaine interview, in this case the interviewer says -

"My point was that I think some of these bands are full of [crap] — that you shouldn't be as concerned about their beliefs, because for some of them, it's an act. And even real Satanists don't spend very much time hating God."

I think, along those lines, that a lot of kids who get into it, and happen to go into the metal and rock scene, merely think that wearing a pentagram or an inverted cross is just another form of being trendy and cool, being a part of a specific imagery that they think is rebellious against the supposed prudes they grew up around, and the shackling religious lives they feel were imposed on them, so they expand that to thinking that for them, these symbols are just like the classic middle finger thrown out, and it's a screw you to the families, and government they think are restrictive.

Then, later on, they continue with that further, and just add to the cliche, just to add to it, but that's only in some cases, since there are the many others, who know exactly what it means, and who is behind it, concerning the individuals who promote it, who are legit into witchcraft and seances and all the rest.

Confessions of a Man Slut

After over a decade of being a complete and total man whore (my number is well into 3 digits not that I think it matters, but you might), I've put together some generalisations I'm quite happy making as far as most women are concerned. These are neither true for all women nor for all the time, and most of them are flexible even for the women that they are true for. Better not to assume.

1. Most women are sexually submissive.
This does not mean that they are into being tied up and whipped and treated like slaves, nor does it mean they like being submissive all the time. Generally though, most women err on the side of wanting a man to take the lead. They prefer to be pinned rather than do the pinning. They like their hair pulled, their asses slapped, even light choking. 

2. Most women wish men were more dominant with them than they are currently getting.
Men are afraid of their own strength, and vastly underestimate the resilience of their female sexual partners. They're also probably quite scared of crossing the lines of consent (and rightly so). Still, I have found that most women wish that guys would treat them more roughly in the bedroom. 

3. Most women are slightly intimidated to experiment with their longterm partners.
This applies to both sexes, but it's safe to say that if you have a longterm relationship partner they probably have some sexual interests they've not shared with you. Either because they're frightened of rejection/abandonment, or they don't feel you are the right match for those interests. 

4. Rape fantasies are exceptionally common.
This is no joke, but 'fantasy' is the key word here. It's so common it's ridiculous.

5. Women are sapiosexuals to a far higher degree than men.
At least in a short term scenario. Men are more likely to overlook emotional/intelligence factors with sex. For women they absolutely need that right vibe from you early on otherwise it will never work. This doesn't mean they want men who are geniuses. It means they need someone who gives them the right emotional/intellectual chemistry. Partly this is because men are by and large f***ing terrifying. 

6. Women are just as horny as men.
They absolutely are, but as above they won't jump into bed with anyone. If they are even a little bit frightened of you (and not in a sexy way, but in a rapey way), they won't touch you with a 20ft pole. 

7. Body image issues and self esteem plays a much bigger part in a woman's ability to be turned on.
Women that are suffering from a particularly strong feeling of body issues (say they've put on 10lbs and they've noticed it) will be much less likely to want sex. 

8. Women that are sexually dominant want a bratty submissive.
There's a disconnect between what men typically picture as being a submissive, to what most women who are dominant prefer. They want a man worth dominating, a bratty sub that puts up a fight. This image of the pathetic cuckold type you see in a lot of porn is not generally how it goes. If there's no challenge there's no fun, generally.

9. Inability to orgasm is more common than you'd think.
There are a lot of women who have never had an orgasm. Be glad of your D, you likely will never have this problem.